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Jordan Peterson - Controversial Facts about IQ

Bite-sized Philosophy · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Psychology & human behaviorConsciousness & cognition

What it is

A clip of psychologist Jordan Peterson lecturing on intelligence and IQ, covering how it is defined and its correlation with academic and work success.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters use it as supporting material in arguments about IQ and the g-factor view of intelligence.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “IQ has an amazingly high correlation with academic success and work success”

    Explains IQ's correlation with academic and work success.

    lucio, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests”

  2. “I think Jordan B Peterson has a good classroom video segment[1] on this problem.”

    Good classroom segment on problems with using IQ data for policy.

    akira2501, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle”

  3. “Additional viewing that largely covers my points below”

    Additional viewing supporting the g-factor view of intelligence.

    zahlman, 2024-09 · Recommendation · in “The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out”

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Topics: iq, g factor, jordan peterson, psychology, intelligence testing

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